Natasha Tsukanova

During 2022, with Tsukanova as managing director, Xenon Capital served as a financial advisor to the Global Fashion Group (GFG).

In 2021, Tsukanova helped launch ballet NFTs with the ballerina Natalia Osipova, a Principal of The Royal Ballet in London. The NFTs featuring three video performances by Osipova were offered at Bonhams auction house in London.

For six years, Natasha served on the board of directors of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She was appointed Chair of the International Board of Governors of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018. She also served on the Development Committee and Board of Honorary Directors of the Royal Opera House.

In 2014 Tsukanova advised on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Etinde oil and gas concession in Cameroon by a consortium of LUKOIL and New Age. In 2016, XENON was named in Vedomosti as one of the top three financial advisers by deal value with the sale of a 40% stake in Irkutskenergo for $1bn. XENON consulted Eurasia Drilling Co (EDC) and its core shareholders when Schlumberger NV made an offer to purchase a 51% stake in the company in 2017.

In 2012, with Tsukanova as its Managing Director XENON, created an international consortium of private equity investors to acquire a 26.43% stake in power producer OJSC ENEL OGK-5. The sale of 26.4% of Enel OGK-5, a utility controlled by Italy’s Enel SpA, to a group of four investors.

In 2009, Tsukanova founded advisory firm XENON Capital Partners, which originally specialised in the power and energy sectors. The company has acted as a financial adviser for clients on strategic M&A transactions, capital raising and investment initiatives.

In 2007 Tsukanova was involved in structuring several emerging markets transactions, including advising on IPOs of regional companies, such as Rosneft and Sberbank. Her team worked on restructuring of the electric power industry and the privatisation of RAO UES.

In 1997, Tsukanova joined J.P. Morgan's energy team in London and in 2005 she was appointed Head of Investment Banking in the former Soviet CIS region, including in Russia, Ukraine and the Central Asian states. During this time, J.P. Morgan achieved a foremost position in the region in terms of M&A deals.

In 1996, Tsukanova was the recipient of the Edward A. Hewitt Prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The award was presented due to her article on "Competition Policy in Russia During and After Privatization".

Natasha Tsukanova started her career in 1992 working in a group of economic advisors supported by Harvard University on the privatisation reforms in Russia, and subsequently at the Boston Consulting Group in London and Moscow.

Natasha Tsukanova (born 4 February 1967) is a businesswoman and philanthropist. She is best known as founder of XENON Capital Partners and co-founding the Tsukanov Family Foundation.

Tsukanova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1967. She holds a degree in Economics from Moscow State University and was awarded a scholarship at Harvard and completed an MBA degree with Honors at INSEAD.